Broadway star Condola Rashad, a Mount Vernon native, will release an alternative rock album with her band Condola and the Stoop Kids in January. / Lifetime

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Movies coming in 2014:

New City native Skylar Astin plays a playboy looking for true love in “Cavemen,” set to hit theaters on Feb. 7. Bedford’s Richard Gere plays a hedonistic philanthropist in “Franny.” (Release date unknown.) Bedford resident Ryan Reynolds will play a a bathroom fixture factory worker who talks to his pets in “The Voices.” (Release date unknown.)

Music on the horizon:

Broadway star Condola Rashad, a Mount Vernon native, will release an alternative rock album with her band Condola and the Stoop Kids in January. Yonkers singer/rapper Outasight plans to release an independent album, with “no middleman,” directly to the fans this year. Troubled Yonkers rapper DMX has been working with producer Swizz Beatz on his comeback album, expected some time in 2014.

Some of the Lower Hudson Valley’s most famous residents and natives are planning projects for the new year that you might not have seen coming.

Here are some of our celebrities to watch for in 2014.

Who: Meredith Vieira

Why: In the past decade, the Irvington resident went from talking pop culture and politics on “The View,” to interviewing newsmakers on the “Today” show, to asking the tough questions on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” After saying goodbye to “Today” in 2011 and leaving “Millionaire” this year, the Emmy-winning journalist stayed busy in 2013 doing whatever she was inspired to do — whether it was discussing journalism with students at Ossining High School or launching LIVES, a female-focused YouTube channel where she discusses family, health and more.

Watch for: Vieira will return to daytime TV in the fall with her own syndicated talk show. According to NBC, “The Meredith Vieira Show” will be taped on a New York City set that resembles her Irvington home, complete with her actual furniture and family photos. She’ll stick pretty close to the talk show format, too, with the usual mix of celebrity interviews, human interest stories and lifestyle segments.

Who: Blake Lively

Why: Since moving to Bedford with her movie star husband Ryan Reynolds over a year ago, the “Green Lantern” star has been noticeably absent from the big screen. But that’s about to change in 2014. Lively snagged the leading role in the forthcoming film “The Age of Adeline,” which will also star Nyack’s Ellen Burstyn. Filming begins in March., but in the meantime, Lively has been working on another project — and it has nothing to do with acting.

Watch for: The food and fashion lover is developing a website, but she still hasn’t revealed what its focus will be. “It's a space I wanted that I couldn’t find anywhere else,” she told NY Magazine recently. “I’m still being very vague, intentionally. By the time it launches, we will have developed it for two years. So it’s a lot of time, energy, efforts, resources, working with amazing people.” Rumor has it the website will be something like Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s popular online lifestyle publication.

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Who: Sean “Diddy” Combs

Why: The rapper, whose first business venture was a paper route when he was a child in Mount Vernon, was named the highest paid hip-hop artist this year by Forbes Magazine, with a net worth of $580 million. In October, the music and fashion mogul added television boss to his resume when he launched the music cable channel Revolt, currently available on Comcast and Time Warner. Revolt aims to bring music videos back to cable television, much like MTV did in the ’80s.

Watch for: As Diddy’s Revolt makes a name for itself in the cable industry, expect him to launch exciting new programming that takes advantage of today’s social media. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Combs said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “And it’s the most exciting thing I’ve done in a long time.”

Who: Denzel Washington

Why: The Oscar winner been called Hollywood’s most bankable star, thanks to an ever-growing list of hit movies. He kept the momentum going in 2013, starring alongside Mark Wahlberg in the action film “2 Guns.” And it seems the Mount Vernon native won’t be slowing down in 2014. His next starring vehicle is “The Equalizer,” due in September. The movie has Washington playing a retired covert operative who becomes a justice-seeking vigilante — but first, a break for Broadway.

Watch for: Washington will grace the stage alongside Diahann Carroll in Lorraine Hansberry’s timeless family drama “A Raisin in the Sun.” Previews begin March 8 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and the show opens April 3. Tickets start at $67. Call 212-239-6200 or visit telecharge.com.

Who: Rosie O’Donnell

Why: The longtime Nyack resident moved to New Jersey recently, but she launched some exciting projects before she left town. First, the comedian and actress made her return to television this fall, playing a woman who works for the foster care system in ABC Family’s “The Fosters.” She also returned to the stage, performing standup at comedy clubs including Levity Live in West Nyack.

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Watch for: What’s next? O’Donnell, who survived a heart attack in 2012, says she will film a HBO comedy special to raise awareness for heart health. “A large percentage of my act will be about what happened to me since my heart attack and how the world changes when you cheat death,” she says. “I wanted to do a special that would educate women, as well as entertain them without the medical jargon.”

Who: Ace Frehley

Why: The long-time Westchester resident had been out of the news for a while until financial troubles landed him in the headlines recently. The rock star, dubbed “The Spaceman” during his years with the band KISS, faced some financial challenges with a property he’s owned since 2000 at 1347 Spring Valley Road in Yorktown. In 2011, U.S. Bank National Association claimed Frehley hadn’t paid his $735,000 mortgage in two years. Lenders initiated a foreclosure last year. On Dec. 14, a fire destroyed the house which Frehley had used as a studio and for storage.

Watch for: Frehley should be making an appearance with his old bandmates when KISS gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.